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Tag It, Find It!

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Pop-up Library is back for a limited time only in Innovative Learning Week (ILW) and we want you to say what you see!

Pop_up_lib_ILW_image_for_blogCombining two of our most popular Pop-up Library sessions from last semester you will get the opportunity to play our 1980s inspired game, learn how tagging and metadata can help your studies and get up close and personal with some highlights from the University’s Art Collections.

This time we are not limiting ourselves to the 1st floor of the Main Library and instead will be popping up in other locations.

 

Pop-up Library on tour!

On all 3 days items from the art collections will be on display, and you’ll be able to play the game between 12:30 – 14:30.  Please pop-up and see if you can achieve the highest score!

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These are drop-in sessions and are open to all staff and students at the University.

Find out more about other sessions being run by Library and University Collections and Information Services during ILW via the calendar of events.

More information about ILW can be found on their website:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/staff-students/students/academic-life/studies/innovative-learning

Metadata Games at #Librarypop!

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Following on from last month’s successful Metadata Games experiment, we ran another two sessions during Fresher’s Week as part of the Pop Up Library.

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More than 20 people, including 16 students, participated across the two days and a quite incredible 1,530 new tags were entered into our database.

The volunteers assisted us by describing a selection of random images from our online database http://images.is.ed.ac.uk and were awarded points for good tags that described the people, objects and places visible within the pictures. A live leaderboard was displayed on the big screen so participants could compare their progress against friends and colleagues; Scholarly Communications’ Theo Andrew got the best individual staff score but new students Mara Carella, Mark Lundy and Siss Matz topped the student leaderboard.

High scores

We’ll be running the session again in October so there is still ample opportunity for anyone who hasn’t played before to race up the leaderboard and claim the highest score! Well played everyone who took part!

Please contact gavin.willshaw@ed.ac.uk or scott.renton@ed.ac.uk if you would like more information about the project.